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freshperson

freshperson noun: a freshman of any gender.

Noun

freshperson (plural freshpersons or freshpeople)

  1. (humorous, sometimes) A freshman of any gender.
    • Four years ago I furthered my education at a small, rural, New England arts college. The first day we freshpeople arrived (somehow it seemed natural for me to go to a coed school despite my sexual orientation), the infirmary had a questionnaire for us to fill out.1976 December 4, John W. Atteridg, “The First Time and All Those That Came After”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 23, page 12
    • A junior. Periodically she terrorizes some freshperson, then hides in her room and won't come out till someone promises her she has free will.1991 October 2, Barry Deutsch, Cast of Thousands (comic), University of Massachusetts Amherst

Forms of freshperson

pluralfreshpersons
pluralfreshpeople

Origin of freshperson

From fresh + person.

Questions about freshperson

What does freshperson mean?
Freshperson means a freshman of any gender.
What part of speech is freshperson?
Freshperson is a noun.
What is the plural of freshperson?
The plural of freshperson is freshpersons.

Words near freshperson in the dictionary

  1. freshness
  2. freshnesses
  3. Freshour
  4. Freshours
  5. freshpeople
  6. freshperson
  7. freshpersons
  8. freshwater
  9. freshwater crayfish
  10. Freshwater Creek
  11. freshwater drum

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